Join Bel Canto Boot Camp‘s (BCBC) Steven Tharp, former Metropolitan Opera tenor and Professor of Voice at the University of Missouri, and BCBC founders, Rachelle Jonck and Derrick Goff for a series of Sunday Zoom Listening Salons. With a participating audience of both opera lovers and professionals, we will learn together what to listen for in historical recordings, discussing opera history and the bel canto technique, and where the technology needs our ears and minds to “fill in” what might not be there.
February 7, 2021: All Together Now
Duets, ensembles, finales
February 14, 2021: In Praise of Love
A Valentine’s Day tribute to opera’s favorite subject
February 21, 2021: Bel Canto Pop
Classic vocal virtues in 20th/21st Century vernacular song
February 28, 2021: Favorites & Requests
Selections chosen by the Audiophile Society
ABOUT BEL CANTO BOOT CAMP
Bel Canto Boot Camp empowers singers with historically based and skill focused instruction and inspires singers and opera lovers alike to refine listening skills through guided listening, learn about the human voice and our operatic art through reading, and to share in a community centered on the power and beauty of the human voice.
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Rachelle Jonck
Rachelle Jonck received her musical training at the Conservatory of the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. In her native country she was awarded a FNB/Vita award for her contribution to opera in South Africa and the Nederburg Opera Prize – South Africa’s premier opera award.
Rachelle moved to New York City as Head Vocal Coach and Assistant Conductor of Bel Canto at Caramoor. Her private coaching studio includes established professionals whose careers take them to the largest opera houses of the world, and younger singers still on the verge of a professional career. Her master class topics, while related to her main study field of bel canto, explore the wider application of the bel canto way of singing. rachellejonck.com
Photo: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco
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Derrick Goff
Derrick Goff is an alumnus of the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and has returned as member of the MET music staff. He has enjoyed many years of collaboration at Teatro Nuovo, a continuation of the young artist program of Bel Canto at Caramoor, where he is resident as a coach, chorusmaster, and Italian teacher. In addition to his work as a pianist, coach, and conductor, Derrick holds degrees in organ and voice from Westminster Choir College, and is on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music.
Photo: Jiyang Chen
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Steven Tharp
Missouri-born tenor Steven Tharp’s operatic credits include performances with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Netherlands Opera, among many other houses. Handel and Mozart are well represented in Mr. Tharp’s repertoire of more than 60 operatic parts, and his keen interest in 18th- and early 19th-century opera has led to many roles in operas of Gluck, Haydn, Scarlatti, Conti, and others. In concert, Mr. Tharp has appeared with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Cleveland Orchestra, among others. His concert repertoire includes the Bach, Mozart, Handel, and Haydn masterpieces of the 18th and 19th century and extends to Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius, Schönberg’s Gurre-Lieder, the Verdi Requiem, and Britten’s War Requiem. A dedicated song recitalist, Mr. Tharp has appeared at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, the 92nd Street Y, Carnegie’s Weill Hall, venues in Europe, Japan, and South America. His interest in musical theater and cabaret led to his appearance in 3 Tenors in Search of an Act in a sold-out run at Don’t Tell Mama in New York. Steven has recorded for Decca, Delos, Newport, Albany and Naxos, earning a Grammy Award nomination. He has also served as stage director for the Manhattan School of Music and for Caramoor. He lives in Columbia, Missouri with his adorable Westie, Hector, and is Associate Professor of Voice at the University of Missouri.